Serving Berthoud, CO
Regenerative Medicine for Berthoud, CO
Berthoud earned its "Garden Spot of Colorado" nickname honestly — this is horse country and garden country, where plenty of folks still work their own acreage well into their seventies and eighties. When a hip, knee, or shoulder starts getting in the way of the chores and the riding, the roughly 25-minute drive northeast to our Windsor clinic buys something worth having: unhurried time with Dr. Jerry Hric, who performs every treatment himself. His Conservative First approach begins with the least invasive option that has real evidence behind it — and an honest answer about whether it will help you at all.
Berthoud is small-town Colorado with dirt under its fingernails. Between the horse properties strung along the county roads, the gardens and orchards that gave the town its name, and the longtime residents who still ride, haul hay, and tend their own land, this is a place where people stay physically active long past the age when others ease off. That kind of life wears on the body in particular ways — a low back that stiffens after mucking stalls, a shoulder ground down from years of tack and barn work, thumbs and hands that ache from reins, hand tools, and pulling weeds all summer.
Berthoud folks tend to be practical about doctors: they'll drive a little farther for someone who shoots straight with them. That's the trade the 25-minute trip northeast to Windsor makes worthwhile. Rather than pushing a cortisone shot that only quiets things for a while or a joint replacement you may not be ready for, Dr. Hric looks at whether prolotherapy can help strengthen a loose or worn ligament, whether PRP fits a moderately arthritic joint, or whether focal sound wave therapy — no needles, no downtime — is the smarter first step for a stubborn tendon. And when regenerative medicine isn't likely to help, he'll tell you that before you ever make a second trip.
Our Windsor clinic is about 25 minutes northeast of Berthoud, at 1349 Water Valley Parkway, Suite 101. We're about 25 minutes away.
Common reasons Berthoud patients visit
- Low back and hip pain from riding, mucking stalls, and acreage chores
- Rotator cuff and shoulder wear from years of tack and barn work
- Thumb and hand arthritis from reins, hand tools, and gardening
- Knee arthritis and stubborn tendon pain in lifelong-active older adults
Treatments we perform
Three evidence-based therapies, each performed personally by Dr. Hric. He'll recommend the one most likely to help — or tell you when none of them will.
01 · Platelet-rich plasma
PRP Therapy
We concentrate your growth factors from your own blood (~4 tablespoons) and place them exactly where your body needs to repair, guided by ultrasound when indicated.
02 · Regenerative injection
Prolotherapy
A targeted injection of dextrose (sugar water that stimulates growth hormones locally) that prompts your body to strengthen loose or worn ligaments and tendons, rebuilding the support around a joint rather than injecting it with steroids that only treat the symptoms, but not the problem.
03 · PiezoWave2
Focal sound wave therapy
Acoustic sound waves from the PiezoWave2 machine cause growth factors to strengthen ligaments and tendons. No needles, no downtime, typically under 30 minutes.
Berthoud questions, answered
Berthoud's a bit farther out — is the drive worth it?
Berthoud is about a 25-minute drive from our clinic at 1349 Water Valley Parkway, Suite 101 in Windsor — a little farther than some neighboring towns, but an easy shot northeast through Loveland and Johnstown. Most Berthoud patients find it well worth the trip, because Dr. Hric performs every treatment personally and will tell you honestly, before you make repeat visits, whether it's likely to help you.
I'm in my 70s and still active — am I too old for this?
Age by itself isn't a barrier. A lot of our patients are older adults who want to keep riding, gardening, and working their land without a major surgery and long recovery. Dr. Hric will examine you, weigh your overall health and the state of the joint, and give you a straight read on whether PRP, prolotherapy, or focal sound wave therapy can realistically help — and he'll say so plainly if it can't.
I've been getting cortisone shots — is there another option?
There may be. Cortisone can calm inflammation, but it mainly masks the problem, and repeated shots can weaken tissue over time. Prolotherapy takes the opposite approach — small dextrose injections meant to prompt your body to strengthen a loose or worn ligament or tendon instead of just numbing it. It isn't right for everyone, so the honest next step is a consultation where Dr. Hric can tell you whether it fits your situation.
Honest, physician-performed care near Berthoud
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